The New York State Supreme Court, New York County Commercial
Division (the "Court") decided in U.S. Bank, N.A. v.
342 Property LLC,1 on February 14, 2022, that
a mezzanine lender that is not a party to loan documents that
evidence a concurrent mortgage loan does not have standing and,
therefore, no basis, to preclude a mortgage lender's motion for
summary judgement in a foreclosure action against a mortgage
borrower that is an affiliate of a mezzanine borrower.
Background
342 Property LLC (the "Mortgage Borrower") received a
$40,000,000.00 mortgage loan (the "Mortgage Loan")
secured by real property located in New York State and the hotel
located thereon (collectively, the "Property"). The
Loan was evidenced by a mortgage, promissory note, and other loan
documents governed by New York law (the "Mortgage Loan
Documents") in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee for Mortgage Stanley Capital I Inc. (the "Mortgage
Lender"), by assignment from a